Box-fastener



Patented Dec. 27, 1898.

P. C. LEIDICH.

BOX FA STENEB.

(Application filed Jan. 30, 1897.)

!No Model.)

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PETER C. LEIDICII, OF TAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' BOX-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,624, dated December27, 1898.

Application filed January 30, 1897. Serial No. 621,316. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER O. LEIDICH, a resident of Tamaqua, in thecounty of Sch u ylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Box- Fasteners; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in latches, and more particularlyto such as are adapted for the covers of boxes and crates; and theinvention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portionof a box, showing the application of my improved latch thereto. Fig. 2is a detail view showing the keeper.

A represents one side of a box or crate, B the cover, and (J my improvedlatch device. The latch device is composed of wire and comprises acomparatively long arm a, bent at its upper end to form a triangularloop or hook I). The free end of the wire after being bent around thearm a under the hookb, as shown in Fig. 1, is made to projectpractically at right angles therefrom and terminates in a loop orthumb-piece c, normally disposed in an opening (I in the front side ofthe box or crate.

The lower end of the arm a of the latch device is bent at rightanglesand driven through the front side of the crate and its extremityclenched. The lower end of the arm a is further secured to the crate bymeans of a staple a driven through the front side thereof and clenched.The movement of the latch is limited in one direction by the engagementof the hook Z) with the inner face of the front of the box or crate, andwill be limited in the other direction by means of an elongated staplef, secured to the front of the box or crate intermediate of the ends ofthe arm a of the latch. The keeper 9 of the latch device is secured tothe cover of the box or crate and depends therefrom, said keeper beingcomposed of a piece of stout wire, U-shaped in general form, andcomprising upright arms h and a connecting-bar 'i, the latter beingunent of the keeper.

preferably slightly curved. The upper portions of the arms h of thekeeper are bent laterally and then upwardly to form shoulders j, whichbear against the under face of the cover and serve to prevent any upwardmove- The upper portions h of the arms hare passed up through the coverand the free ends bent over or clenched, so as to prevent any downwarddisplacement of the keeper. The keeper will thus be held firmly securedto the cover and its displacement either vertically or laterally will beeffectually prevented.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a box and a cover therefor, of a latch devicecomprising a latch and a keeper, said latch being composed of a singlepiece of wire bent at its upper end to form a loop or hook and a loop orthumbpiece, the other end of the latch being secured to the box and astop or elongated staple secured to the box intermediate of the ends ofthe latch and serving to limit the movement of the latter, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The combination with a box having a hole therein and a cover, of alatch device comprising a latch and a keeper, said latch consisting of apiece of wire secured at one end to the box and having the other endbent to form a loop or hook, then bent to encircle the body of the latchand then bent to form a loop terminating in the hole in the box,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a box and a cover, of a latch secured to the boxand a keeper secured to the cover, said keeper having parallel membersbent outwardly to form shoulders bearing against the under face of thecover and having portions at the outer ends of said shoulders passingthrough the cover and bent over, and an inwardly-curved crossbarconnecting said parallel members, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

PETER C. LEIDIOH. lVitnesses:

G. S. DRURY, R. S. FERcUsoN.

